Movies in Church

Hokitika Guardian, 27 January 1923, Page 4

Movies in Church

M ELBOFRN l-i'S INN ()X ATI()N. SYDNEY, Jan. 12. .Melbourne has int i ■odneed motion pieiures into i he Church. The munt.ilioii was adopted by ihe I lei R- (-■ Nieinds. (if S. dark’s Anglican < ’lurch. Df course t!.e picture* are ol a •••■(•iv! nr- 1 nre. and it: ita* hoen lo.unl Inat t ("•■ have a strong appeal. ! Sydney ! a* he-u moved by Melboil; lie’s aelioll, and aiieady effort* me I .-ing made It'-ie la lollov. fbe s'.i'.G: i i> (M;. ( Ic gyiiieii ill t-ydney a iicse views ha.ve been sought or tinNiihjcc. say ihta movies have a p.owerfii| appeal to an immense iiumher oi pcij’le. Ami if yon can's drag them to , hurch by any other means, moving pj, ian-, of religious stibj'-el-' will do it. The gospel must he ex|ioUm!eil to Hnpeople all t lie people, not a sec!ion ■ and it is i lie Church s duty to find a i. a v of doing it. ii.,. of ■ -1 titlil l moving |e'iv in ihe '• -in* : eh :r : - ~ ; Many veal':- .-go !'<'t“ic "U' ehureh in the Rod:* area wa- p.Jh'd , v;!;> -an! it eh" gi man, we ini: '.'dm > o ii"' move's —such as they were in those Am! tlmy provt-i highly suceessti'e ■ oi t e pi ojile. a ml. I.ai'tng I ~,i| (!;..[ ll . ue toi.-l iheni "I ( :.ri-l and beved IMIIV souls which olhei'Wi |ee, |" - r i * 1 11 ’<!. W:t-n'l that norl’: while Is there any harm in eifg s- ids through ii cdving r"ligien a 1 1 r-ct ice ? Df "iur -e. lie a , t .. .in.uld l,e limited m I hose "c ■ ~- w: eie til" erll'otlux > < • r\- i« -* ‘, !m - co tiopeal. In every large city iiie;c i■»"t -s when* pi( uuvs^ , j e ..eats. Thev have an inv-l •: d - 1 lo ' em p;c ! Jv. and S ll - !" " ' eie 11 li-i l-c -1 ’ List as much. ■■■ ,'Vnlie el « I He Umr. at" -cl ' j ), e V la,;-. la i He f-Hnl'-H ~.-I'l'. 1 l,;lt Hie .lifiiculli a - !’• .| . i e i t (i's- ■ film ■ no I at I V • I;'e '".nim pichire' of Dial i.attire. L Dial < mid be ov. i "ni" 1 UU". '■!; lias be, ii don" ! efeiv ill Arm rn a ~ | . . ,■ „f f.. c • ■. B.rtiain, In- . . i i! | p i ■' *,) 11 u 11 v I can tee i:> "!•- ji'i-l iim. provided Dm right l.vp- "! Id," (•:iji !>e I'diiikl. I lu»t, ul cnuiM'. * s ' I j;.; | 11 > (!ij!Sc!*l« V. ii i> unli:\<‘ly iiiiM su.-h a type is at present in Auslralia. \ s a* the scheiiie itsel: is eonceni’-! i; j- oil in '' It the same lilies a- Dm passion Play, and 1 would bate - eetem i'i int reducing it- I can see no von v. hi* n -iniilar message could no: be eonveyed through the c\o as is coilve> oil through Dm ear, d suliicicot i-ai'e is taken. But there must be som ■ ml motive behind Die performAnother clergyman sai'l tlnd was , ••• labile not in favour ol the v ise ■- -:d*' i u t rod net inn of pictures into Die church, lie did not think Dial -ml, a sloe would be in keeping with Dm ira(Uti'ons of the church, though, p Hmp-'.

n might he managed with a ie". ear.-iulh-selected films in a ehureh hall, or some hud-line c.'itneyted with a churen which wa* not actually a ehureh it'-elf. Perluios .'lice a year, oil such an oc'-a* -ion a* Good Friday, something in t" 0 imtuic 'd a pass:-,:, him mi.-r.i ' screened in the church, he went on. I,at on other eeeasions ho did not think that films were fitted for religious use.